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The Front Page is a Broadway comedy about newspaper reporters on the police beat. Written by former Chicago reporters Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur, it was first produced in 1928 and has been adapted for the cinema several times. The play entered the public domain in the United States in 2024.
The Front Page plot summary, character breakdowns, context and analysis, and performance video clips.
The Front Page. Full-Length Play, Comedy / 5w, 17m. Ben Hecht , Charles MacArthur. "Gorgeously melodramatic. One of the funniest and most exciting of American plays." - New York Times. "Fast, explosive, funny." - ABC TV. Image: 2016 Broadway Production (Julieta Cervantes) Request license. Get the Script. The Front Page. Request license.
Jan 29, 2017 · The press room of Chicago’s Criminal Courts Building is buzzing with reporters covering the story of an escaped prisoner. When star reporter Hildy Johnson accidentally discovers the runaway ...
Written by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur, The Front Page is a play that is considered responsible for defining the modern stereotype of a reporter as a hard-drinking, hard-boiled journalist intent on uncovering truth even in the face of danger.
Oct 21, 2016 · Set in the wild and woolly Chicago of the 1920s, when men were men and newspaper men were animals, “The Front Page” is just about everybody’s favorite play about journalism.
by BEN HECHT and CHARLES MACARTHUR. 23 April – 18 May 2024. “A journalist is a cross between a bootlegger and a whore.” Late at night, in the crowded press room at Chicago’s Criminal Courts, a group of reporters is waiting to cover a controversial execution the next morning.
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